Heh, this reminds me of the very similar chart in my dentist's office, next to the x-ray machine. It's supposed to reassure people that the machine
is safe, because dying from exposure to the amount of x-rays the machine puts out is millions to one, or something like that.

I'm actually quite surprised by some of those numbers. Almost 1% of people commit suicide? That's pretty high, a lot higher than I thought. The
'legal execution' one seems pretty high, too; I'd have to figure out what that translates into executions per year, though, for it to mean more to
me. The 'alcohol blood poisoning' one seems low, as I expected more people to die from this.

Given my family history, I'll bet I go the way of 'heart disease, 1 in 5'.

According to a medical journal I read once, several years ago, I'd have to say that the odds of dying are 100%.

I don't remember the name of the doctor that I read in that journal, but I'll paraphrase here:
"I hate to break the news to everybody, but I've done the research. EVERYBODY dies. I say this so that some of you who always jog a mile every
morning & who always eat your vegetables will occasionally sleep in & enjoy an ice cream cone."

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